Bell's Palsy Support Group

Bell's palsy (facial palsy) is characterised by facial drooping on the affected half, due to malfunction of the facial nerve, which controls the muscles of the face. Bell's palsy is the most common cause of acute facial nerve paralysis and affects about 40,000 people in the United States every year. Additional symptoms that may accompany the condition are pain around the...

Best eye drops for eye, tape for eye closure

Hi,
I am now on day 11 of my bells palsy and would like to ask if anyone has found a really good long lasting tear drop? And is there a tape that you can use that won't pull off your skin?
I am getting so frustrated because I would rather tape my eye closed than put liquid in my eye every 30 seconds or manually close my eye. I am taping across my eyelashes, as this seems to be the most effective way to keep my eye closed. Unfortunately, I can't find the right products.
HELP, please...Would really appreciate your experiences...

GenTeal is what my eye doctor gave me, he said the more gel like the better and not the medicated ones like viseen. I got them at a regular store and it seemed to last about 2 hours durring the day. I couldn't do the tape thing (old eye injury, cant stand anything that close to my eyes) so I wore an eye patch at night, and really dark sunglasses all day even inside.

Just discovered GenTeal PM Ointment, which is 85% vaseline, 15 % mineral oil What a difference this makes. I can go the whole day with one application in the morning. Also I can now read, which I haven't been able to do for the past 2 weeks.

I'm using 3m Transpore and typically start the tape just under my brow on the inside corner and run it diagonally down past my lashes and down my cheek. It's pretty sticky and has left my skin a little raw after taping it shut for 10 days, but it's doing an okay job. Occasionally it takes me two or three tries to get it taped right or it will open a bit in the middle of the night and I'll have to re-tape it.

Hi! I'm starting week 4 with BP. Paper tape is the most gentle tape to the skin. I use the half inch. I use two fingers on the outter corners of my eye to hold the lid down, with the other hand, I put the tape about the eyeball area and pull the lid down and tape to top of cheekbone. I then use nonstick (like Telfa) pad to tape a patch on my eye. I tape it long ways across the eye - from the inside corner/bridge of the nose to the outter corner of the eye. I put the telfa pad up to my eye from the top down with a small amount of pressure and kinda curve it to my eye to tape, starting the tape closer to the eye on the side of the nose seems to help keep the eye closed. Sometimes I use Puralube Ointment, same ingredients as GenTeal only about $5 cheaper(wal-mart), and only use the eye pad. If you don't get the tape on quickly, it won't stick. If you use 'stickier' tape, it leaves a gummy residue that's nearly impossible to get off. My doctor gave me Tears Renewed in the hospital. After searching store shelves for something with the same ingredients, I finally found a Family Care brand at a local Simply A Dollar store. Haven't tried gel drops yet. I find that bright lights as in the stores when shopping, and headlights driving at night completely dry my eyes out. The ointment really does wonders releiving that dryness. Eyesight has sucked in my R eye but is beginning to clear up some. I have also found the website www.bellspalsy.ws to be very very helpful with info. Hope this helps :\ (my crooked smile)

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